Nurses' Perceived Problems and Need for Torches During Nighttime Nursing Rounds: A Content Analysis of Semi-Structured Interviews.

Objective: This study aimed to clarify the risks, as perceived by ward nurses, associated with the quality of lighting nurses use during nighttime rounds, and to identify the torch functions nurses need to optimally perform such rounds.

Methods: A semi-structured interview survey was conducted among nurses working in a university hospital. Data were collected regarding nurses' usage of torches during nighttime rounds and whether the color cast by the torches impacts their work efficiency and the risk of medical incidents.

[Relationship between exercise adherence and personality characteristics in persons experienced in the Medical Fitness program].

Objective　We examined effective exercise adherence support methods for persons experienced in the Medical Fitness (MF) program to clarify the relation of personality traits with exercise adherence and the factors that improve exercise adherence.Methods　Subjects were 283 adults who had registered as members in the MF program at an affiliate of Hospital A. We implemented an anonymous self-administered questionnaire by postal mail.